1953 Baltimore Colts Statistics
Team Record: 3-9
Finishing 5th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Keith Molesworth (3-9)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland
1953 Baltimore Colts Results
The Baltimore Colts of the National Football League ended the 1953 season with a record of 3 wins and 9 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's West Division.
The Colts labored to change the scoreboard with just 182 points, while the shaky defensive squad allowed 350, most in the circuit. John Huzvar ran for a team-leading 515 yards for Baltimore, and George Taliaferro additionally contributed to the rushing attack.
Fred Enke passed for 1,054 yards. Dan Edwards topped pass catchers, hauling in 35 balls, while George Taliaferro added 346 receiving yards, while Mel Embree provided receiving help, too.
The sticky-fingered defense created 56 turnovers, topping in the league. Tom Keane seized 11 opponent throws.
Keith Molesworth coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fred Enke | 169 | 71 | 42.0 | 1054 | 6.2 | 8 | 4.7 | 15 | 8.9 | 55 | 41.9 |
Jack Del Bello | 61 | 27 | 44.3 | 229 | 3.8 | 1 | 1.6 | 5 | 8.2 | 66 | 25.9 |
George Taliaferro | 55 | 15 | 27.3 | 211 | 3.8 | 2 | 3.6 | 5 | 9.1 | 45 | 17.3 |
Ed Mioduszewski | 30 | 11 | 36.7 | 113 | 3.8 | 2 | 6.7 | 2 | 6.7 | 17 | 42.8 |
Dick Flowers | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 12 | 62.5 |
Totals | 319 | 126 | 39.5 | 1625 | 5.1 | 13 | 4.1 | 27 | 8.5 | 66 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John Huzvar | 119 | 515 | 4.3 | 36 | 4 |
George Taliaferro | 102 | 479 | 4.7 | 50 | 2 |
Buck McPhail | 53 | 138 | 2.6 | 30 | 0 |
Buddy Young | 40 | 135 | 3.4 | 24 | 0 |
Fred Enke | 28 | 91 | 3.2 | 25 | 0 |
Tommy Kalmanir | 16 | 53 | 3.3 | 32 | 0 |
Ed Mioduszewski | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 25 | 0 |
Jack Del Bello | 14 | 14 | 1.0 | 9 | 0 |
Carl Taseff | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 376 | 1459 | 3.9 | 50 | 7 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dan Edwards | 35 | 312 | 8.9 | 32 | 3 |
Mel Embree | 23 | 272 | 11.8 | 24 | 1 |
George Taliaferro | 20 | 346 | 17.3 | 54 | 2 |
Buddy Young | 12 | 201 | 16.8 | 49 | 3 |
Monte Brethauer | 10 | 133 | 13.3 | 25 | 0 |
Buck McPhail | 10 | 38 | 3.8 | 45 | 0 |
John Huzvar | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 30 | 1 |
Bert Rechichar | 3 | 151 | 50.3 | 66 | 2 |
Tom Keane | 3 | 61 | 20.3 | 37 | 0 |
Tommy Kalmanir | 3 | 31 | 10.3 | 22 | 1 |
Don Shula | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 126 | 1606 | 12.7 | 66 | 13 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bert Rechichar | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 15 | |||
Buck McPhail | 23 | 21 | 91.3 | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 27 |
Totals | 23 | 21 | 91.3 | 18 | 7 | 38.9 | 42 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Carl Taseff | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 71 | 1 |
Larry Coutre | 4 | 38 | 9.5 | 25 | 0 |
George Taliaferro | 10 | 31 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
Tommy Kalmanir | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
Ed Mioduszewski | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 5 | 0 |
Buddy Young | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 9 | 0 |
Tom Keane | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Bert Rechichar | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 184 | 6.3 | 71 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buddy Young | 11 | 378 | 34.4 | 104 | 1 |
George Taliaferro | 16 | 331 | 20.7 | 39 | 0 |
Larry Coutre | 9 | 266 | 29.6 | 78 | 0 |
Carl Taseff | 4 | 87 | 21.8 | 35 | 0 |
Tommy Kalmanir | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
Ken Jackson | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 19 | 0 |
Bert Rechichar | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
Barney Poole | 2 | 24 | 12.0 | 21 | 0 |
Tom Finnin | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
Joe Campanella | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 53 | 1258 | 23.7 | 104 | 1 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tom Keane | 11 | 118 | 10.7 | 35 | 0 |
Bert Rechichar | 7 | 64 | 9.1 | 36 | 1 |
Don Shula | 3 | 46 | 15.3 | 35 | 0 |
Carl Taseff | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 29 | 0 |
Bill Pellington | 2 | 22 | 11.0 | 22 | 0 |
Monte Brethauer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
Alex Agase | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
Ed Mioduszewski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 29 | 308 | 10.6 | 36 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Barney Poole | 0 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Keane | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
Bert Rechichar | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
Ed Mioduszewski | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Fred Enke | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
George Taliaferro | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Monte Brethauer | 0 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
Sisto Averno | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bill Pellington | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Art Donovan | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Buddy Young | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Mel Embree | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Ed Sharkey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Art Spinney | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dick Barwegen | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Buck McPhail | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
John Huzvar | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Joe Campanella | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Don Shula | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ken Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tom Finnin | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Gino Marchetti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jack Del Bello | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Jim Winkler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 34 | 40 | 68 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Bert Rechichar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 33 | ||||||
John Huzvar | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
Buck McPhail | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 27 | ||||||||
Buddy Young | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
George Taliaferro | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
Dan Edwards | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
Carl Taseff | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
Tommy Kalmanir | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
Mel Embree | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Art Donovan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
Totals | 7 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 182 |